New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water.

New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

About a decade ago the American space agency seriously started considering a series of telescopes dedicated to finding definitive proof of life on worlds located in other solar systems. It did so by ...